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Diffstat (limited to 'ar/ar.5')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: ar.5 2066 2011-10-26 15:40:28Z jkoshy $ +.\" $Id: ar.5 3182 2015-04-10 16:08:10Z emaste $ .\" .Dd November 28, 2010 .Os @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The BSD and SVR4/GNU variants use different schemes for encoding file names for members. .Bl -tag -width "SVR4/GNU" .It "BSD" -File names that are upto 16 bytes long and which do not contain +File names that are up to 16 bytes long and which do not contain embedded spaces are stored directly in the .Ar ar_name field of the archive header. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ASCII .Dq "A BC D" .Pc . .It "SVR4/GNU" -File names that are upto 15 characters long are stored directly in the +File names that are up to 15 characters long are stored directly in the .Ar ar_name field of the header, terminated by a .Dq Li / @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ the ASCII string No padding is used to separate adjacent file names. .Ss "Archive Symbol Tables" Archive symbol tables are used to speed up link editing by providing a -mapping between the program symbols defined in the archive +mapping between the program symbols defined in the archive and the corresponding archive members. Archive symbol tables are managed by the .Xr ranlib 1 |